Jar-lifter.



C. F. BARAGER.

JAR umm. APPLICATION FILED SEPLZQ, 19!?- Patented J nne 25, 1918.

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Y CHRISTOPHER F. BARAG-ER, 0F HONESDALE, PENNSYLVANIA.

JAR-LIFTER.

Specification of Letters iatent. Patented June 25 1918.

Application filed September 29, 1917. Serial No. 194,007.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHRISTOPHER F. BARAGER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Honesdale, in the county of Wayne and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Jar-Lifters, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to jar lifters and aims to provide a device which is especially adapted for lifting jars from hot water.

An object of the invention is to provide a device of this character in the form of a pair of tongs, each jaw of which is formed from a single length of wire and bent to provide parallel lifting and retaining standards, one of said jaws carrying at one extremity a supporting platform, while the.

other jaw terminates short of this platform to define a pusher element, by means of which the jar is pushed upon the platform, the opposite extremities of the standards being crossed and pivoted at such point of crossing and provided with hand grips.

The invention further includes connecting strips engageable with each pair of standards to prevent them from spreading.

In the drawings,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the jar lifting device embodying the present invention- Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view thereof on the line 22 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional View on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 4 is a similar view on the line 44 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings in detail wherein like characters of reference denote corresponding parts, the invention comprises a pair of tongs which includes a pair of jaws 10 and 11. The jaw 10 is formed of a single length of wire and is bent centrally to provide a loop, which includes a bearing 11 for the hand grip 12. The extremities of the bearing 11 provide parallel arms 13, which are bent at an angle as shown at 14 and are further bent to form parallel lifting and retaining standards 15. The extremities of these standards are bent inwardly at an angle as shown at 16 and have secured thereon a supportin platform 17 The platform 17 has each 0 its ends curved around the extremity 16 which extends a short distance therein, the curved portion ,18 of the platform being flattened as at 19 in order that it may be more readily slid beneath the bottom of a jar.

The opposite jaw 11 is bent centrally to provide a transverse portion 20 and parallel standards 21, the opposite extremities of these standards being bent at an angle as shown at 22 and further bent to provide parallel arms 23, similar to the arms 13. The extremities of the arms 23 are bent inwardly as shown at 24 to provide a bearing for the hand grip 25 similar to the grip 12. At the point of crossing of the angular portions 14% and 22, there is provided loops 26 and 27 respectively, which are adapted to receive a pivoting bar 28 which extends across the tongs and has its extremities bent as shown at 29 to prevent accidental displacement.

Each of the jaws 10 and 11 and their respective parallel arms are connected by means of a strip 30 and 31 respectively which prevents the spreading of these arms. This strip is curved as shown to conform to the curvature of the jars and is secured to the standards 15 and 21 by being bent around the same as shown at 32 and 33.

In the use of the device, the tongs are placed over the jar, the platform 17 being positioned adjacent the bottom of the said jar. The hand grips l2 and 25 are then brought together, the pusher element serving to push the jar upon the platform 17, while the standards 15 and 21 hold the jar in position upon the said platform. The jar may then be readily lifted without bringing the hands in contact with same or without the liability of the jar slipping from the platform 17.

Having described the invention, what is claimed is:

1. A jar lifter embodying a pair of tongs, each of said tongs including a pair of parallel standards, oppositely located curved connecting strips positioned intermediate the ends of each pair of standards, a laterally and inwardly extending platform located at the extremity of one jaw of said tongs to provide a jar support and the other jaw terminating short of the platform to define a pusher element.

2. A jar lifter embodying a pair of tongs, one of which is formed from a single length of wire bent centrally to provide an outwardly curved connecting bar, parallel standards rising from said connecting bar,

ofi'set parallel handle loans and inwardly curved extremities engageable with agr'ip or handle, the other tong being also formed of a single length of Wire and bent centrally to-provide a grip or handle receiving'po'r tion, ofi'set parallel standards andinwa'r'd'lyf extending parallel terminals disposed below Copies of this patent may be obtained'for five cents each, by "addressing-the Commissioner of intents,

' Washington, D. 0. 

